Re: [libreoffice-users] Documentation URL

Tom wrote:

> Many of us are far more familiar with copyleft agreements that aim  to
> help people share and spread ideas and knowledge rather than to try to
> contain and cage it to prevent people from learning things.

That is a most ill-considered and sweeping statement. Copyright exists
primarily to protect the livelihood of creators and to prevent their
work being stolen. It has been used also to enrich publishing and
recording companies, but it remains the only way in which musicians,
writers and artists can get paid for their work. Writers (for example)
who retain the copyright in their work are not seeking to “prevent
people from learning things” but to earn a livelihood.

There is a need for a debate (not here!) about the different rights of
creators and distributors, but sweeping facile statements don’t help.



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